Laos ' leading mobile operator Star Telecom said it posted a revenue of
110 million USD last year, an increase of 80 percent over 2010.
The company, a joint venture between Laos Asia Telecom and Vietnam
's Viettel Group, attracted 1.6 million new subscribers to its Unitel
mobile network last year, up 42 percent year on year.
Star
Telecom said it built additional 500 BTSs (Base Transceiver Stations)
last year, bringing its total BTSs to 2,400, one of the largest mobile
operators in Laos in term of BTSs.
Over 3,500 km of
optical cabling was installed last year, extending the total optical
cable network in Laos to 15,000 km and covering 80 percent of the
country.
According to Star Telecom's deputy director
Nguyen Thanh Sang, the company last year also completed the backbone
cable connecting Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia with a total
transmission capacity of 400Gb/s.
The backbone cable uses
DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing), one of the world's most
advanced transmission technologies, said Sang, who is representing
Viettel Group in the joint venture.
The company last year
also finalised the construction of ten international telecom gateways in
Laos , ensuring seamless connection between Laos and the world.
Viettel Group, owned by Vietnam 's Ministry of Defence, is one of
the fastest growing mobile operators in the world, running 56,000 BTSs
and 200,000 km of fibre optic cable around the world. /.
